Got to thinkin last night about intuiting numbers by sight from patterns. I was thinking about a blind person picking numbers. When they use their fingers to go down the list of last drawn numbers in braille they will find the pattern in the raised dots and from that they will intuit the next number pattern in the raised dots.

I'd be interested in knowing more about the blind people facet of things.... I do know that the way a person with vision looks out of his eyes has a great deal to do with intuiting ...... a squint into peripheral vision, focusing on things out on the edge of your vision, then visualizing what you can't see has proven awfully effective for me in a lot of pursuits, including woodsy stuff, blackjack, and a good many other areas.

For example, when you're playing blackjack and trying to make a decision whether to hit, no matter whether the dealer has a 10 or a 6 showing, if you turn your head so you can see the deck out of the corner of your eye, focus on the back of next card, then turn your head further so you can't see the card, but 'listen', you'll frequently get an indication of one sort or another whether the card will bust you if you hit. Sometimes it will be a flash of number, sometimes a flash of card, sometimes just a yes/no. But it works enough of the time to give you an edge, to allow you to hit without having to assume the dealer is going to bust, simply because he's showing a 6. If you try it and nothing happens, you can always not hit against him. But when it does happen, I always believe it and usually it pays off.

Not to say the other players won't despise you for passing on a 12 because you 'know' there's a 10 about to smack you.